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- Linc
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Re: Community
(Quote) This is the type I was most concerned about in my first decade or so of moderation & group organizing. It was the primary reason for accepting that Brian and I were "benevolent dicta… (View Post)
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Re: Community
(Quote) I've been wrestling with this question for 20 years and wrote about it in 2020. The word is unfortunately "loaded" — it means many things to many people. Whenever I've tried to crea… (View Post)
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Re: Should a Buddhist own a gun ?
(Quote) First, a scenario where you're a lone protector facing a roving gang bent on violence seems more rooted in movies than day-to-day Western life. A more common scenario is for a homeowner to sh… (View Post)
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Re: The AI tsunami
A very long piece on the existential threat of the AI bubble to the US economy (and why the economy is probably worse than we think already): https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-a-money-trap/ (View Post)2 -
Re: The AI tsunami
(Quote) Just wanted to weigh in that @lobster has the right of it, here. The current crop of AI are "large language models" which are basically very sophisticated autocomplete devoid of any… (View Post)2